Right, that's decided then.....Foxgloves, Scabius type plant and Sweet Williams. I also have Delphiniums, Coreopsis, Geum and one other that I can't remember the name of all in pots....so that's 7 types of perennials altogether plus the ones already in
I'm waiting for some perennial sunflowers to flower from last years plants. (helianthus laetiflorus). Now, what to choose for next year... I think I need some Campanula pyramidalis,I seem to have lost all mine when I cleared a bed last year.
I've googled them Lizzie, they say late summer flowering, now there's something I hadn't thought of, if I want colour all summer I either need plants that produce flowers all summer or some that produce early and some late??
I've grown some Wallflowers from seed this year OL. A mix of yellow,deep red,bronze and a creamy pink.Very easy to grow,tough as old boots and best of all the slugs don't like them,at least not mine anyway.
Annuals flower all summer then die. Perennials have shorter flowering periods and some flower early and some flower late, but they will come up the next year and provide greenery, texture and form in your flower beds. Dead heading keeps many plants going for longer and some plants like certain perennial geraniums and catmint (Nepeta) can be sheared right down and they will re grow and re flower - but not as well as the first time.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I grew monarda didyma last year and was so pleased that I'm growing some more. Last year's have come up again too! They have lovely exotic flowers and bees love them - I think they are called bee balm too. Dead easy to grow.
Posts
I think I've decided on that Scabius type plant, Sweet Williams and Foxgloves or Lupins, don't want both so I need to decide on one of them.
Thanks all
I'd go for foxgloves, something always eats the lupins
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'll take a picture tomorrow, provided its not hissing down again.
I'm waiting for some perennial sunflowers to flower from last years plants. (helianthus laetiflorus). Now, what to choose for next year... I think I need some Campanula pyramidalis,I seem to have lost all mine when I cleared a bed last year.
Penstemons are fairly easy from seed too, but the bigger flowered ones aren't always hardy.
I knew it wouldn't be so easy!
I've grown some Wallflowers from seed this year OL. A mix of yellow,deep red,bronze and a creamy pink.Very easy to grow,tough as old boots and best of all the slugs don't like them,at least not mine anyway.
Annuals flower all summer then die. Perennials have shorter flowering periods and some flower early and some flower late, but they will come up the next year and provide greenery, texture and form in your flower beds. Dead heading keeps many plants going for longer and some plants like certain perennial geraniums and catmint (Nepeta) can be sheared right down and they will re grow and re flower - but not as well as the first time.
I grew monarda didyma last year and was so pleased that I'm growing some more. Last year's have come up again too! They have lovely exotic flowers and bees love them - I think they are called bee balm too. Dead easy to grow.